San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1887-11-10
cuRIosITIEs OF WOMEN.
Contributed:

Contributed:
Their unacoOuntable doings began
with the very first woman. Adam anu
Eve were made aristOCrats with dOmln'
ion over every living thing. IheTe
were many fishes and fouls ana creep
ing things, and but one man anu one
woman, and Eve should have consumer
ed her social standing. And then lhe
address of the serpent was lnpuueh'
and upbecOming and should nave
awakened resentment; he said evident
Iy with A snake-sneer: "Ges, God sald
Won should not eat OF the frult OF every
tree OF the garden" or WORDS 10 that ei
feet. Ii is not reasonable TO suppose lhhI
the shiny thing knew anything ABOUT IL;
His remark was purely plSoaloiiai
and the born gossip fell intoA Trap ohe
should have resented his unwarrsnted
impudence with naughty "HOW uhte
yOiIr sir. you creeping one OF thousands,
address me. sole queen of the universe
and II even that were permissible now
can you be rude as TO inquire OF matters
that do not concern your" The eXpla-
nation IL that she was by nature gossip
and blab and her daughters have Deeh
gossipping and blabbirg ever since
Our Door unfortunate mother went Oh
then and told the Old Harry everything
he wanted TO know and raised GAIN
IL is lust SO to this day; fyOu wish to
know anything within the knowledge ol
a woman, follow the example OF the
devil. remark with a Contemptuous
sneer that so and so is not true, ana sue
will blab all she knows as fast as the
most capable ears can take the CHATTER.
In all the annals of time there 10 not
an instance of an enduring female socle-
ty, What kills them! Blab. On tne con
trary the masonic fraternity, the scorers
OF which have never reached the nun
pry ears and Unreasonable mouths OF
femininity. has endured FIR countless
ages and has been a signal blessing 10
the race, Female masonry Is an impos-
sibility, 1t is suspected that the reason
fashion has 50 strong hold on Wo-
man Is that she does not know
and canrot find out, who originates
styies, and that affords infinite topic lor
task. She can only know and say that
they" wear the hair thus, "they" drape
the skirts so, "they" tie back now,
they" hustle today, "they" this, that
and the other. They" maintain SD
premacy by concealing their Identity,
and their feat is often supremacy ridicu-
lous. In the day OF the "tie back" every
woman must tie back, whether or not
she be built that way, and In the time OF
hustle" every woman must Dustle
whether or not there be occasion.
II generous nature hath induced
emboDpoint, 1t does not matter,
the consequence is that
longitudinal measurement dlsclos-
es disproportion to the latitude,
or In political phrase q latitude 10 ex-
tended to the east and west which Ia not
fair to the north and south, but II they"
hustle then the fat woman must hustle,
though the world be convulsed.
Then the hair; today Ii must be drawn
up from the back of the neck and packed
on top Of the head-well to the front
so tight that the wearer's chin Is con.
tinually pressed down on her chest, and
she dsres not sneeze for fear OF losing
her scalp; tomorrow 1t hangs In shaggy
bag on her neck so loose that 1t invites
an uncomfortable suspicion OF rats.
hGO.